<![CDATA[More than twenty discriminatory laws and regulations are still in force, some of them dating from the Dutch colonial administration, many of them from early years of Soeharto s New Order government. Some of them are: 1. "Policy for Resolving the Chinese Issue", Cabinet Presidium Instruction No. 37/V/IN/6/1967; 2. Presidential Instruction No. 14/1967 on "Chinese Religion, Beliefs, and Traditions "; 3. Home Affairs Ministry No. 455.2-360/1968 on "Regulation of Temples "; 4. Circular of Director General for Press and Graphics Guidance in the Ministry of Information No. 02/SE/Ditjen-PPGK/1998 on "Banning the Publication and Printing of Writings and Advertisements in Chinese Characters or the Chinese Language"; 5. Instruction of the Ministry of Home Affairs No. XOI/1997 on "Implementing Instructions for Population Registration " and the confidential instruction No. 3.462/1/755.6 of the Jakarta government dated January 28, 1980 both authorized special codes to be put on identification cards indicating ethnic Chinese origin; 6. Cabinet Presidium Circular SE-06/Pres-Kab/6/1967 on "Changing the Term China and Chinese " obliges Indonesians to drop the use of the term "Tionghoa " (as ethnic Chinese refer to themselves) and replace it with the term "china" (then a derogatory term). (http://www. hrw. org/reports98/indonesia3/discriminate, html) The discriminatory laws and regulations are in fact oppressing the life of Chinese ethnic custom in Indonesia. It is against human rights, especially cultural rights.]]>
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